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Orecta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Orecta Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 173 (key), 185, TS: Ambulyx lycidas Boisduval
Orecta (Ambulycini) ; [HMW, 17]
Orecta acuminata (Clark, 1923)¹
Orecta acuminata ; [HMW]
Orecta fruhstorferi (Clark, 1916)¹
Orecta fruhstorferi ; [HMW]
Orecta lycidas (Boisduval, [1875])
Ambylux lycidas Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 191, TL: Brazil
tithonus (Kirby, 1886)
Orecta lycidas ; [HMW]
O. l. eos (Burmeister, 1878)
Orecta lycidas eos ; [HMW]
Orecta venedictoffiae Cadiou, 1991
Orecta venedictoffiae Cadiou, 1991; (spell.?)
Orecta venedictoffae[sic] ; [HMW]

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References:
[HMW]
Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
[¹]
Parentheses have no taxonomic semantics here. This is an error that will be fixed at some point.

Some related literature:
Boisduval, [1875]
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères, 1 in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: -
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls

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